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What is Public Domain
Sources for Public Domain Works
- Bartleby.com Public Domain source for quotes, reference, poems, fiction, non-fiction.
- ccMixter Find music for a video, school project, game you’re developing, podcast or just for listening in your cubicle or mobile music device.
- Creative Commons Creative Commons licenses work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs.
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) "The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact." (DOAJ website)
- freeimages.com Free stock photos
- Google Books - Perform your search - On the results page, click on Search tools - Change limiter to Free Google eBooks instead of Any books
- ibiblio One of the largest free information databases online.
- Internet Archive - Internet sites - Video - Texts - Audio - Software - TV News - Open Library
- Internet Archive - Movie Archive This library contains digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download
- Legal Sources of Online Content - EDUCAUSE Books, Movies, TV Shows, Music
- Lit2Go Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom.
- Project Gutenberg Free ebooks
- Public Domain Comedy Movies, Silent Movies, Classic TV, Cartoons, Clips. Unintentionally Funny, Halloween, Winter Holidays, Music, Radio
- Public Domain Music Permission for non-commercial users is not required.
- UC Copyright - Public Domain Information about Public Domain works from the University of California
